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...when he flips around the channels again, he hits upon the movie and delivers a perfect imitation of his developmentally delayed character's laugh. Only it isn't an imitation. "That's actually my laugh. It's really me. I swear to God, I had no thought of that character just now." This is the scariest thing I have learned thus...
WILL WOMEN STILL NEED MEN? -- WILL POLITICIANS MATTER? WILL WE HAVE ANY PRIVACY LEFT? -- WHAT WILL MAKE US LAUGH? -- WHAT WILL WE DO ON SATURDAY NIGHT? -- WHAT WILL OUR HOUSES LOOK LIKE? -- WILL WE EVER LOG OFF? WILL WE STILL GO OUT TO THE GAME? -- WILL THE CRIME RATE KEEP FALLING? -- WILL A WOMAN BECOME POPE? -- WHAT WILL WE WEAR? -- WHAT WILL OUR SKYLINE LOOK LIKE? -- WILL TEENAGERS DISAPPEAR? -- WHO WILL BE THE NEXT ELITE...
Trying to predict what will be funny in 25 years is as hard as trying to figure out what will be funny five minutes from now. In fact, I would be hard pressed to identify what it is we all laugh at today...
...alter the makeup of a human's looks and personality has been in the realm of possibility for years. But the prospect of doing it for comedic effect is just starting to take shape. Scientists are working to isolate the specific genetic code responsible for what makes us laugh--the "funny-bone gene," if you will. By breaking down the DNA of such comedic greats of the past as W.C. Fields, researchers are hoping that they can learn what it was in these classic funnymen that made them funny. While the research has yet to hit pay dirt, an unexpected...
...from one of Ed Asner's eyebrows, a geneticist would have the tools necessary to fertilize the embryo of a child with specific kinds of comedic potential. Though testing so far has only been done on pigs--not a legitimate gauge, since it is hard to distinguish their laugh from an oink-snort--results are promising. Some studios and networks are toying with the idea of "development nurseries" that would venture to create the optimal candidates for sitcom stardom through gene manipulation...